Hebrews 12:10 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 12:10

Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

KJV

For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

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Commentary

5 voices

Oecumenius

The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews (550)

"to what seemed right to them."What seems good to the father does not always benefit the son: for often they teach even disgraceful arts. "however, here for our benefit." Moreover, God always seeks our effectiveness. For He does not bestow as if to receive something …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

For they verily for a few days - How few are even all our day on earth! Chastened us as they thought good - Though frequently they erred therein, by too much either of indulgence or severity. But he always, unquestionably, for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness - That is, of himself and his glorious image.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For - a few days - The chastisement of our earthly parents lasted only a short time; that of our heavenly Father will also be but a short time, if we submit: and as our parents ceased to correct when we learned obedience; so will our heavenly Father when the end for which he sent the chastisement is accomplished. God delights not in the rod; judgment is his strange work.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Showing wherein the chastisement of our heavenly Father is preferable to that of earthly fathers. for a few days--that is, with a view to our well-being in the few days of our earthly life: so the Greek. after their own pleasure--Greek, "according to what seemed fit to themselves." Their rule of chastening is what may seem fit to their own often erring judgment, temper, or caprice.

Modern Voices1 voice

Leonard Ravenhill

1907–1994

Holiness of God

This almost takes my breath away. It says that you and I, little mortals that come over this earth just for a little span, may be made partakers of his holiness.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οἱ	hoi	<the>	G3588 →
μὲν	men	Indeed	G3303 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
πρὸς	pros	during	G4314 →
ὀλίγας	oligas	a few	G3641 →
ἡμέρας	hēmeras	days	G2250 →
κατὰ	kata	according to	G2596 →
τὸ	to	which	G3588 →
δοκοῦν	dokoun	is seeming good	G1380 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
ἐπαίδευον,	epaideuon	they were disciplining [us],	G3811 →
ὁ	ho	[He]	G3588 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἐπὶ	epi	for	G1909 →
τὸ	to	which	G3588 →
συμφέρον	sumpheron	is [our] benefitting	G4851 →
εἰς	eis	in order	G1519 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
μεταλαβεῖν	metalabein	to share	G3335 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
ἁγιότητος	hagiotētos	holiness	G41 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Titus 2:14
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
leads to
- Hebrews 9:14
  how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
- Ephesians 2:10
  For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Through
2 Peter 1:4
Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused…
leads to
- Ephesians 4:23–24
  to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
- Ezekiel 36:25–27
  I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18
  And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- Colossians 3:10
  and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- 2 Corinthians 6:17
  “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Hebrews

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Hebrews